They made it look like Sawyer was going to die, but in the end, Shannon (the blond sister of Boone who died last season) was shot by the bossy chick from the back half of the plane. Shannon and Said AND the other group from the back half were close to each other, but didn't know it, then the weird whispering started, Shannon saw Walt, ran after him and the woman shot her thinking she was one of the "others".
Oh and get this, next week, we get to start ALL OVER from the beginning to see what happened to the back half of the plane. It's an extended show.
I'll tell ya, this is one of the most frustrating shows I've EVER watched (and I'm a tv-aholic going on 30 years now).
If it wasn't for the fact that I went to Oahu after seeing the first three shows and took a tour that happened to go through where they shoot the movie (so I now I have personal memories of seeing that exact area) and seeing them shooting one day, I probably would have given up on it. Just taking too long and too much backtracking. I don't think I've ever seen a show move so slowly.
Well, except for that show 24 where the whole season took place in just a 24 hour period! LOL!!